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Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of April 15-22. Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.

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April 12, 1983: Elmer & Eleanor Warren picked for Waterville Area Chamber of Commerce awards, next year’s budget for Waterville schools only cost 3.9 percent more in tax revenues, and the story of a salesman who won’t quit

April 11, 2003: iParty, EB Games, Chuck E Cheese, Mattress Giant, and more all supposedly coming to Marketplace at Augusta, Cony High School students helping to fund schools in Afghanistan, and some Massachusetts sludge came to central Maine farms last summer

The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of April 15-22

April 10, 1986: Partner seeks to take control of ailing Waterville Post Office Square, walkout that began against Maine Central Railroad will spread nationwide, and is Farmington’s town manager preparing to leave his position?

April 9, 1997: Around 500 turned out at Augusta Civic Center for ‘an emotionally-charged hearing’ on latest gay rights bill, schools in central Maine have problems with internet, and future of old Augusta City Hall produces a puzzling situation for councilors

Photos: Thousands ascend to Jackman to watch a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ total solar eclipse

April 8, 1977: President of Colby College says students there should not have final say in determining educational policy, ex-Madison mill workers pursue plans for co-op, and President Carter names George Mitchell as U.S. Attorney for Maine

J.P. Devine Podcast: A familiar face in an unlikely place

April 7, 1993: Maine House of Representatives emphatically allows right to abortion, Winslow & Waterville apparently raiding China for students, tuition, and its mud season in central Maine

April 6, 1985: Diamond Match Company permanently closing its manufacturing facility in Oakland, and Waterville bars, restaurants, and bands are all feeling effects of state’s ‘tough’ liquor laws